County profile
Inyo County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#1487 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 29% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,048
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
505
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,158
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$74.0k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
31.5%±3.3%
Poverty rate
10.9%±2.3%
Business applications
164 · 2025
Retail establishments
87
47.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Food & accommodation32%
Health care29%
Retail trade21%
Arts & recreation7%
Manufacturing5%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,158
residents · 2025 · -4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $72.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−467
International migration+57
Natural change−420
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$348.7k±$43.6k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$112/mo
Vacancy rate
15.6%±2.0%
Affordability
6.0× wages
Residential permits
$2.9M
10 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 98Avalanche 96Earthquake 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5222016
5602017
5862018
6152019
6272020
6862021
8442022
8832023
9002024
9602025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 67% since 202162021
62022
212023
132024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
182.7 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
82.2 km
TRC
Nearest port
281.5 km
Port of Los Angeles, CA
Nearest commercial airport
128.1 km
BISHOP
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.3k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Inyo?
Inyo's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.